Happy Stripes

Knitted jumper for children in DROPS Air, DROPS Nepal or DROPS Paris. The piece is worked top down with stripes and raglan. Sizes 2-12 years.

DROPS Children 34-22
DROPS Design: Pattern no ai-015-bn
Yarn group C or A + A
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SIZES:
2 - 3/4 - 5/6 - 7/8 - 9/10 - 11/12 years
Sizes equivalent to child’s height in cm:
92 - 98/104 - 110/116 - 122/128 - 134/140 - 146/152 

MATERIALS:
DROPS AIR from Garnstudio (belongs to yarn group C)
50-50-50-50-100-100 g colour 16, blue
50-50-50-50-50-50 g colour 01, off white
50-50-50-50-50-50 g colour 24, pink
50-50-50-50-50-50 g colour 18, light grey green
50-50-50-50-50-50 g colour 22, yellow
50-50-50-50-50-50 g colour 27, sea green
50-50-50-50-50-50 g colour 14, heather
50-50-50-50-50-50 g colour 07, ruby red
50-50-50-50-50-50 g colour 09, navy blue

Or use:
DROPS NEPAL / PARIS from Garnstudio (belongs to yarn group C)
100-100-100-100-150-150 g colour 6220, medium blue / 30, jeans blue
50-50-50-100-100-100 g colour 0100, off white / 17, off white
50-50-50-50-100-100 g colour 3720, medium pink / 59, old pink
50-50-50-50-50-100 g colour 7120, light grey green / 21, mint green
50-50-50-50-50-50 g colour 2923, goldenrod / 41, mustard
50-50-50-50-50-50 g colour 7139, grey green / 62, sage green
50-50-50-50-50-50 g colour 8910, raspberry rose / 66, plum
50-50-50-50-50-50 g colour 3608, deep red / 37, bordeaux
50-50-50-50-50-50 g colour 1709, navy blue / 28, navy blue

KNITTING TENSION:
16 stitches in width and 20 rows in height with stocking stitch = 10 x 10 cm.

NEEDLES:
DROPS DOUBLE POINTED NEEDLES SIZE 5.5 MM.
DROPS CIRCULAR NEEDLE SIZE 5.5 MM. Length 40 cm and 60 or 80 cm.
DROPS DOUBLE POINTED NEEDLES SIZE 4.5 MM.
DROPS CIRCULAR NEEDLE SIZE 4.5 MM: Length 40 and 60 cm or 80 cm for rib.
Needle size is only a guide. If you get too many stitches on 10 cm, change to a larger needle size. If you get too few stitches on 10 cm, change to a smaller needle size.

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EXPLANATIONS FOR THE PATTERN:

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INCREASE TIP-1 (evenly spaced):
To work out how to increase evenly, count the total number of stitches on the needle (e.g. 54 stitches) and divide by the number of increases to be made (e.g. 6) = 9. 
In this example, increase by making 1 yarn over after each 9th stitch. On the next round work the yarn overs twisted to avoid holes.

STRIPES: 
See diagrams A.1 and A.2. The stripes are worked in stocking stitch. Work A.1 once, then continue with and repeat A.2 to finished length (applies to both sleeves and body).

RAGLAN:
Increase 1 stitch on each side of the 2 knitted stitches in each transition between body and sleeves (= 8 stitches increased on round). Increase 1 stitch by making 1 yarn over.
On the next round knit the yarn twisted overs to avoid hole.

INCREASE TIP-2 (for mid under sleeve):
Increase 2 stitches mid under sleeve as follows: Start 1 stitch before the marker thread, make 1 yarn over, knit 2 (marker thread sits in between these 2 stitches) make 1 yarn over = 2 stitches increased. 
On the next round knit the yarn overs twisted to avoid holes.

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START THE PIECE HERE:

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JUMPER – SHORT OVERVIEW OF THE PIECE:
The piece is worked in the round with circular needle, top down. After the yoke the body is continued in the round with circular needle. The sleeves are worked in the round with short circular needle/ double pointed needles.

YOKE:
Cast on 54-54-58-62-64-68 stitches with short circular needle size 4.5 mm and blue. Knit 1 round, then work rib (= knit 1 / purl 1) for 3 cm. Knit 1 round where you increase 6-6-6-6-8-16 stitches evenly spaced – read INCREASE TIP-1 = 60-60-64-68-72-84 stitches. Change to circular needle size 5.5 mm.
Insert 1 marker – THE PIECE IS NOW MEASURED FROM HERE!
Now insert 4 more markers without working the stitches as follows: Insert 1 marker at the beginning of the round (= in the transition between sleeve and back piece), 1 marker after 21-21-23-25-25-31 stitches (= back piece), 1 marker after 9-9-9-9-11-11 more stitches (= sleeve), 1 marker after 21-21-23-25-25-31 more stitches (= front piece); there are 9-9-9-9-11-11 stitches left to the first marker (= sleeve).

Continue with STRIPES – read description above. The next round is worked as follows: 
The round starts at the first marker in the transition between sleeve and back piece. Knit 1, make 1 yarn over, knit 19-19-21-23-23-29 stitches (= back piece), make 1 yarn over, knit 2 (the marker sits between these 2 stitches), 1 yarn over, knit 7-7-7-7-9-9 stitches (= sleeve), 1 yarn over, knit 2 (the marker sits between these 2 stitches), 1 yarn over, knit 19-19-21-23-23-29 stitches (= front piece), 1 yarn over, knit 2 (the marker sits between these 2 stitches), 1 yarn over, knit 7-7-7-7-9-9 stitches (= sleeve), 1 yarn over, knit 1. REMEMBER THE KNITTING TENSION!
The first increase to RAGLAN – read description above, is now finished (= 8 stitches increased on round). Continue with stocking stitch, stripes and increase to raglan every 2nd round a total of 13-14-15-16-17-17 times (including the first increase described above).
After the last increase to raglan there are 164-172-184-196-208-220 stitches on the needle. Continue with stocking stitch and stripes, but without increasing, until the piece measures 14-15-16-17-18-19 cm from the marker at the beginning of the yoke.
The next round is worked in stripes and stocking stitch as before but start the round 1 stitch earlier (before the 2 knitted stitches between sleeve and back piece). Knit 49-51-55-59-61-67 stitches (= back piece), place the next 33-35-37-39-43-43 stitches on a thread (= sleeve), cast on 4-4-4-6-6-6 new stitches on the needle (= in side under sleeve), knit 49-51-55-59-61-67 stitches (= front piece), place the next 33-35-37-39-43-43 stitches on a thread (= sleeve), cast on 4-4-4-6-6-6 new stitches on the needle (= in side under sleeve). Body and sleeves are finished separately. THE PIECE IS NOW MEASURED FROM HERE!

BODY:
There are 106-110-118-130-134-146 stitches on the needle. Continue in the round with stocking stitch and stripes as before. When the piece measures 12-14-17-20-23-26 cm from the division change to circular needle size 4.5 mm and blue. Work rib (= knit 1 / purl 1) for 4 cm. Loosely cast off with knit over knit and purl over purl – to avoid the cast-off edge being tight you can cast off with needle size 5.5 mm. Cut and fasten strand.

SLEEVE:
Place the stitches from the thread on the one side of the piece on short circular needle/ double pointed needles size 5.5 mm (= 33-35-37-39-43-43 stitches) and knit up 1 stitch in each of the 4-4-4-6-6-6 stitches cast on under the sleeve = 37-39-41-45-49-49 stitches.
Insert 1 marker in the middle of the 4-4-4-6-6-6 stitches and start the round here. Work stocking stitch in the round and continue the stripes in the same way as on the body (important that you continue with the same round as on the body after the yoke). When the piece measures 2 cm from the division increase 2 stitches mid under sleeve – read INCREASE TIP-2. Increase like this every 2-2½-3-4-5-6 cm a total of 8-8-8-7-6-6 times = 53-55-57-59-61-61 stitches. Continue working until the sleeve measures 18-22-26-30-34-38 cm from the division. Change to blue and knit 1 round where you decrease 1-3-1-3-1-1 stitches = 52-52-56-56-60-60 stitches. Change to double pointed needles size 4.5 mm and knit 1 round where all stitches are knitted together 2 and 2 = 26-26-28-28-30-30 stitches. Work rib (knit 1 / purl 1) for 3 cm. Loosely cast off with knit over knit and purl over purl – to avoid the cast-off edge being tight you can cast off with needle size 5.5 mm. Cut and fasten strand.

Work the other sleeve in the same way. 

Diagram explanations

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